Why Olene From Chicago P.D. Looks So Familiar

If the face of AlexAnn Hopkins is familiar to you, it's likely because you're a fan of another long-running small screen procedural, CBS' serial killer creep fest "Criminal Minds." That series, of course, followed the tales of a crack FBI unit who used their profiling skills to track down the worst killers (dubbed "unsubs") in the country. If you're a fan of the show, you know one of the worst "unsubs" the BAU ever encountered was Everett Lynch (Michael Mosley), better known as The Chameleon.

That vile character made his series entrance in season 14. Lynch eventually became the last major "unsub" the BAU crew took down on "Criminal Minds," which they did in spectacular fashion via the 2020 series finale. As it happens, they almost caught Lynch the episode prior, when he'd taken a troubled young woman and her daughter Olivia into his orbit. After quickly dispatching with the mother, Lynch was soon was plotting bad things for Olivia too, until the BAU team showed up.

That was indeed AlexAnn Hopkins portraying the savvy young Olivia in the penultimate episode of "Criminal Minds," by the way. And as with her limited role in "Chicago P.D." Hopkins delivered a compelling turn that transformed what might have been a stock persona into a three-dimensional character.